Afghanistan Coach Lalchand Rajput Compares Mohammad Shahzad With Virender Sehwag

 Afghanistan made their Test debut against India at M Chinnaswamy Stadium but things didn’t go well for the visitors as they succumbed to an innings defeat. Indian bowling attack was right on top against the Afghanistan batsmen – the main reason behind their collapse under 110 in both the innings.Former Afghanistan head coach and former Indian cricketer Lalchand Rajput was asked on where it went wrong for Afghanistan. Rajput was quick to notice that the team has good spin attack but batting is where they have to focus in the coming days. With time on their side, Afghanistan can learn it and create the impact against Ireland in their next Test in 2019.

“Spin bowling has always been Afghanistan’s strength. The likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammed Nabi, or Mujeeb Ur Rehman have always done well in the shorter versions of the game and they really have some good spinners in the domestic ranks as well. However, they need to up the ante as far as the batting is concerned. Test Cricket is a different ball game altogether. Playing red-ball needs a lot of patience, and the proper judgement of off-stump, how to leave the ball wide outside of the off-stump. This is an art. They need to work on that aspects,” Rajput said to SportsCafe.